tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post292375200950657191..comments2024-03-29T11:13:00.338+00:00Comments on Ambush Predator: Thin Blue LineJuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-36367433399370224492008-06-26T22:46:00.000+01:002008-06-26T22:46:00.000+01:00I am pleased that you are reading at least a coupl...I am pleased that you are reading at least a couple of the generally excellent real-world Police 'blogs, including Nightjack. I have long carried links to several of these on my own blogroll, and have referred to one or another of them on several occasions in my own posts.<BR/><BR/>The real world is out there -- not within the walls of the Palace of Westminster. You know that, I know that; but our elected representatives at national level don't seem to understand what is really happening -- though at least the Conservatives are trying to get a better feel for it all.<BR/><BR/>Although no-one yet has this broad subject area completely surrounded, the scrapping of top-down target-setting is an essential first (major) step in the right direction. Thus the direction of the start of the journey of sensible and useful reform is now obvious.John M Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06251285057595626917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-45429913303503227732008-06-18T12:39:00.000+01:002008-06-18T12:39:00.000+01:00"Your problem is DC et al."Not sure why the electe...<I>"Your problem is DC et al."</I><BR/><BR/>Not sure why the elected leader of the Conservatives is <I>my</I> problem, exactly. I don't have to vote for them, after all. <BR/><BR/><I>"..maybe a bit more toffee-nosed.."</I><BR/><BR/>Ah, only a Total Twat could look at the educational and social background of most of the Labour team, then cry 'toff!' (without even a pause for reflection) at the <I>Conservatives</I>.. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-75965388523221330492008-06-18T12:34:00.000+01:002008-06-18T12:34:00.000+01:00Goodness. I agree. Your problem is DC et al. Your ...Goodness. I agree. <BR/><BR/>Your problem is DC et al. Your lot will be exactly the same as this lot. maybe a bit more toffee-nosed, but essentially the same animal. <BR/><BR/>You're all Thomas Gradgrind or his distant cousin, Milton Friedman.<BR/><BR/>TTAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com